Goodbye Maine

Our tour of Portland Maine started with a visit to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home. This was built in the late 1700's by the poets grandfather and was lived in by the family until 1902. It was then given to the Maine Historical Society. Unfortunately, the house does not allow photos. Too bad as 90% of the contents are original. It is the oldest house in Portland because it is made of brick from Pennsylvania. This fact saved it from the major fire that devastated Portland in 1800's. From this stop, we were off to the Portland Head Light at Port Elizabeth. Quite an imposing structure. It has been used as a fort up to 1940 as a potential defence against enemies that never arrived. Our last stop was the Marine Narrow Gauge Railway. This was a short ride along part of the Portland waterfront in coaches dating to the late 1800's. The locomotive was a 1949 model with a new engine....1961 Cummins. Tomorrow, Monday, we head off to Boston in the hope we can find a campground that is open.